It’s reasonable to think that Ichiro could play three more years and perhaps more if he cut down on his baserunning a bit more. He’s 36 years old and will turn 37 next month. He’s currently sitting on 2,227 hits for his MLB career. You have to think that he wants to get to 3,000.

Ty Cobb was 34 years old when he collected his 3,000th hit. It took Cobb 2,135 games to do so. Ichiro has played 1,575 games in the majors.

It would be an incredible feat for Ichiro to eclipse 3,000 hits and not having spent his entire career in the majors. He’s 773 hits off the mark. He’d need to average about 194 hits for the next four seasons to reach 3,000.

Assuming he stays healthy, I think he can do it. He’s been a model of good health throughout his career and is currently on streak of 178 consecutive games played. Do you think he will reach 3,000 hits before he retires?